Improvement in machines for making plug-tobacco



` UNITED p STATES J. E WITHERS, OF TORONTO, CANADA WEST.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR MAKING PLUG-TOBACCO,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 72,578, dated December24, 1867.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, J. E. WITHERS, of Toronto, Canada West, haveinvented a new and Improved Machine for Making Plug-Tobacco and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification. y

This invention relates to a machine for making plug-tobacco; andconsists of a series of rollers pressing' the tobacco in troughs runningon fiange-rollers. A large wheel revolving in a transverse directionshifts the troughs onto a series of rollers revolving in the oppo-' sitedirection, by which they are carried back to the end from which theystarted. An inclined knife removes the tobacco from the troughs whensuflici'ently pressed. e

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is-a front, and Fig. 2 a back,view of my machine. Fig. 3 is a top view thereof Fig. 4, a verticalsection, longitudinal at line w x of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, a transversesection at line y y of Fig 4. e

Similar letters of 'reference indicate like parts. i

A is a wall or framing, in which the. drivin gwheel B is journaled, asalso the sheav'e-pulleys C O C and pulleys C' G' C', driven by theendless band D, in manner as shown, or by any equivalent method, bywhich a simultaneous moton n the same direction is imparted to G C (Landto the flange-rollers E E E on the opposite side of the journalrame A.The sheave-pulleys C G C are of the same size. The flange-rollers E E Eare also of one size and arrauged on the same' level. I

F F are troughs, in which the tobacco is laid and fed to the machine atend Z, between the rollers G G G (jourfialed in A) and flangerollers E EE. On the troughs reaching the knfe K the tobacco is by it removed tothe shelf H, while the trough passes on under the knife, the slot laffording room for the side of the trough to pass. Whenthe trough isemptied by the knife it is pressed on by the trough next behind it untilits end is clear of the journal-&ame inwhich the reverse rollers M M arejournaled, when the large wheel N, revolving transversely, feeds thetrough to the rollers M M M, by which they are carried back to the end Zof the machine.

V The wheel N and rollers M M M may be driven by the endless bands P Q,or by gear and miter wheels, or by any other known mechanical device forchanging the direction of motion. Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new., and desire to' secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The flange-rollers same direction, in combination with the rollers GG G, in manner substantially as and for the purposes described. 2. Theinclined knife K, removing the tobacco or other substance from, and incombination with, the troughs F or other place of deposit, substantiallyas described. u

3. The fiange-rollers E E E, revolving in the same direction, incombination with the wheel N, revolving in a transverse direction, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. The fiange-rollers same direction, in combination with the rollers MM, revolving in a reverse direction, in manner and' for the purposessubstantially as herein. shown and described.

J. E. WITHERS.

witnesses: v

D. THURSTQN,

JAMES ANDERSON.

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